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Verge Science is here to bring you the most up-to-date space news and analysis, whether it’s about the latest findings from NASA or comprehensive coverage of the next SpaceX rocket launch to the International Space Station. We’ll take you inside the discoveries of new exoplanets, space weather, space policy, and the booming commercial space industry.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, wrapping up critical test mission

By Loren Grush May 25

Starlink’s new RV plan lets buyers skip the line if they pay more for worse service

By Richard Lawler May 23

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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell defends Elon Musk to employees after allegations of sexual misconduct

By Loren Grush May 23

Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks to the International Space Station for the first time

By Loren Grush May 20

NASA engineers trying to figure out strange readings from aging interstellar spacecraft

By Loren Grush May 20

Boeing successfully launches Starliner spacecraft to orbit in do-over test flight

By Loren Grush May 19

Watch Boeing launch its Starliner space capsule in do-over flight

By Loren Grush May 19

Boeing’s third launch attempt nears for embattled Starliner spacecraft

By Loren Grush May 19

Stargazing in the UK is the best it’s been in over a decade

By Justine Calma May 17

Starlink now available to ship immediately in 32 countries

By Jon Porter May 13

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This is the first picture of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

By Loren Grush May 12

Watch astronomers reveal a ‘groundbreaking discovery’ of the Milky Way galaxy

By Loren Grush May 12

NASA’s InSight lander detects largest ‘marsquake’ yet on Red Planet

By Loren Grush May 10

SpaceX successfully returns four astronauts from International Space Station

By Loren Grush May 6

Starlink’s new Portability feature brings internet to vanlifers

By Thomas Ricker May 5

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Rocket Lab catches falling rocket with a helicopter — then drops it in the ocean

By Loren Grush May 2

Mars helicopter spots wreckage from Perseverance landing

By Jasmine Hicks April 29

SpaceX successfully launches latest crew of astronauts to the space station for NASA

By Loren Grush April 26

China announces plans for a new asteroid-deflecting mission

By Mary Beth Griggs April 25

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Elon Musk and the $44 billion bid: all of the updates about his takeover of Twitter

By Verge Staff April 25

First private mission to the ISS splashes down off Florida coast

By Loren Grush April 25

Starlink is coming to Hawaiian Airlines in a bid to try and fix in-flight Wi-Fi

By David Pierce April 25

CERN’s particle accelerator starts up after a three-year hiatus

By Nicole Wetsman April 22

Check out NASA’s latest footage of a solar eclipse on Mars

By Mary Beth Griggs April 21

Pixar’s Lightyear is going to be about traveling through time as well as space

By Charles Pulliam-Moore April 21

Astrobotic unveils private robotic lunar lander it aims to launch to the Moon this year

By Loren Grush April 20

‘Micronova’ explosions spotted on distant zombie stars

By Loren Grush April 20

Delta confirms ‘exploratory’ Starlink tests

By Mitchell Clark April 19

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Sending a probe to Uranus labeled as top priority by space science community

By Loren Grush April 19

Kamala Harris to announce US will no longer conduct anti-satellite tests

By Loren Grush April 18

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after spending six months in space

By Emma Roth April 17

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The US government reportedly paid to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine

By Mitchell Clark April 8

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